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  • 5
    (1 review)

    Your trusted partner for guaranteed software delivery

    Top awarded
    ELEKS is a trusted global company that provides full-cycle software engineering outsourcing services, from ideation to finished products.
    1 work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States (+15)
    From €20,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Energy & Oil (+9)
    Speaks English, French
    1001-5000 members
  • 5
    (8 reviews)

    Simplifying life through innovation.

    Top awarded
    Linnify is the go-to digital product studio for transforming ideas within the Health, Education, Well-being, and Sustainability industries into successful and scalable products. We help bold innovators change the way people experience life. Simplifying life through innovation is our thing. And we do that by using a dynamic validation-driven process that is smartly adapted to the market needs. Founded in 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, Linnify developed over 60 products in more than 10 different countries, such as the USA, Germany, Romania, and the UK, to name a few. Projects involved: drd doctors online (Health), Readability (Education), Child Car Safety App (well-being), or Benefyd (Sustainability). At Linnify, the team follows a validation-driven approach to product development a nd has developed a proprietary process for early-stage startups or spinoffs called the  Essential Validation Playbook. This process seeks to answer if and how the market will embrace the idea. In addition to engaging the right stakeholders, the team generates meaningful consumer insights through interviews that provide quantitative and qualitative feedback to assess whether an idea can succeed in its respective market. With these validation efforts, the customer and Linnify can test hypotheses and deliver data-driven solutions for a more successful product or service launch. We have constantly expanded our perspectives and expertise to stay committed to your success every step of the journey. We are dedicated to understanding your vision, whether you’re in an exploration phase or have already started building your business idea. By building a shared vision, we can offer tailored expertise for your business needs. Join us to validate your product idea, prototype it and take all the steps needed to secure a successful start for your business. We truly understand the risks. We've gone through them ourselves. That’s precisely why Linnify is a partner that consolidates a scalable and dynamic architecture for your idea through validation while also being the place of exploring and building innovative solutions that recreate the universe we know with the universe we need. During the past 7 years, Linnify gathered over 50 experts: UX & UI designers | web, mobile, and backend engineers | quality assurance specialists | product success managers | marketing professionals | people and culture specialists. In 2022, we became official Google Cloud Partners.
    6 works in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    From €10,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Education (+9)
    Speaks English, Romanian
    11-50 members
  • (0 review)

    We Create Realities

    Silver XR Agency is a creative agency based in Chicago, IL, dedicated to helping businesses and individuals harness the power of XR technology. We offer unique experiences that integrate this amazing technology into their operations, providing them with a competitive edge. Our team specializes in designing and developing Virtual and Augmented Reality applications, as well as web development. We are passionate about the potential of this technology and believe it has the power to blossom into a transformative force for how people work and play.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English, Vietnamese
    1-10 members
  • Rollin Contracting is located in the Old Town / Lincoln Park area of Chicago, primarily serving the Chicago residential remodeling and Home Improvement needs of the Near-North & Downtown neighborhoods since 1995. We are a full service residential General Contracting company, and have a Great reputation for creating beautiful interior and exterior spaces, or just fixing what is broke, large or small, in a smart, timely, and cost effective fashion, to our clients satisfaction. Unlike some of the other Chicago Remodeling Contractors, we do not sweat the small stuff. We have found that by servicing small home repair projects, as well as the larger Remodeling projects, we bring our clients a higher level of Service and Expertise than what might be expected from a typical Handyman service. Given the times we live in, we take great pride in being independently owned, operated and financed since our inception. Great reputations are built over a period of years, making our reputation our most valuable asset. We understand this is important to you, so please ask for our references, and we will provide you with a minimum of 30.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • Strengthen your brand or service online with the power of the Chicago SEO agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization, Website Design, Analytics, and Digital Advertising best practices. SEO Design Chicago solves problems and provide solutions for all business types from National to Local with our Marketing Services and Custom Content Creation Services.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    11-50 members
  • (0 review)
    The Sound is a global Exploration, Strategy and Innovation agency, applying leading edge research techniques, technologies and marketing models to solve client-brand, marketing, communications and product challenges. We are a team of brand experts, strategic explorers, idea generators and cultural anthropologists based in New York, Chicago, London, Mumbai, Toronto and Vancouver. We provide clients with the insight, inspiration and strategy needed to answer the brand challenges most important to their businesses all over the world.
    1 work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €10,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Marketing & Advertising
    Speaks English
    51-200 members
  • (0 review)
    Driven by innovation, we turn ideas into implementations which are suited to your operational needs. Our vision is to bring the change in society, by prioritizing quality, value for time, establishing trust & reliability of our customers in Application Engineering, Web Applications, Software Consultancy, Support & Maintenance Services.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    201-500 members
  • Comrade is a full-service, award-winning digital marketing, SEO, web design, and development agency. We're skilled in overcoming design, technology, and marketing challenges and consistently elevate our clients' businesses. We serve a range of industries including: eCommerce Legal Medical Professional Services Manufacturing Corporate IT and more. Our services: Digital Marketing Local and Nationwide SEO PPC, SEM Social Media Marketing Email Marketing Inbound Marketing Marketing Automation Content Marketing Web Design and Development WordPress website design eCommerce website design Custom website design  Why businesses choose Comrade: For the cost of what one employee might cost a business, we provide a full team comprising business strategists, copywriters, web designers and developers, SEO, PPC, and social media experts, and hands-on account management. First-page SEO results are typically generated in 2-4 months. Hundreds of satisfied clients and countless case studies to prove it. Results and data-driven marketing campaigns. HubSpot and Google Certified partner. Money-back guarantee. Industry-specific expertise.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    11-50 members
  • (0 review)
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €3,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    201-500 members
  • (0 review)

    Design, develop, deliver.

    Top awarded
    In a landscape of rapidly shifting digital culture, we find opportunities in change . We strive to stay ahead so that our clients do, too. We design world-class digital experiences for some of the world’s biggest brands. With services including UX Research, UI & Creative Design, Bespoke Development, and Project Delivery, we combine insight, creativity, and technical expertise to deliver all-encompassing digital solutions. We believe in results. Our job is to ensure not only the success of your project but your continued success post-delivery. We work with you as partners in knowledge sharing and common goals, providing the resources, processes, tools, and mindset to achieve and exceed your expectations. We have a global team of dedicated specialists from a variety of backgrounds . Each member of our team brings a unique skill set to the table, allowing us to uncover opportunities through different lenses . Because a project is more than just a product – it’s the people behind it.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Travel & Leisure (+4)
    Speaks English, Italian
    51-200 members
  • (0 review)

    Your Ultimate Software Development, Digital Marketing - SEO - PPC -SMM & BPO Services Partner.

    UniSoftwares is a bespoke software development, digital transformation & global outsourcing company helping Fortune 500, growth stage cos, venture-backed startups/scale-ups, and small-medium businesses on their journey towards digital transformation. UniSoftwares is on a mission to help global tech CEOs/CTOs/Founders, ventures, aspiring entrepreneurs, growth stage cos., venture-backed startups/scale-ups, and small-medium-large enterprises to cost-effectively develop new software/digital products (MVPs'), hire world-class dedicated software engineering, digital marketing and back office/BPO teams for the support/growth of their existing digital products/services.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    From €3,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    201-500 members
  • (0 review)

    VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience.

    VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike, Intuitive Surgical and IBM. https://vsapartners.com/
    1 work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Worked in Non-profit (+4)
    Speaks English
    51-200 members
  • (0 review)

    We design experiences for brands we love. Anywhere we go, digital is our home.

    Critical Mass was founded when a design visionary and a successful entrepreneur came together with a focus on digital experiences in a rapidly evolving space. Over the next 20 years, we helped global brands reimagine digital and transform their businesses though strategic consulting, innovative creative ideas and cutting-edge technology thinking. Today, we are 950 employees across 11 global offices. Even though we’re much bigger than when we started out in Calgary, we remain true to our roots—we’re transparent, honest, passionate, and have a can-do attitude that our clients notice and appreciate. Our executive and global leadership team use an open and accessible management style to drive our success on all fronts: innovating our work and services, mentoring our talent, and ensuring we deliver of industry-leading work. We believe this is core to our success as a digital leader. We are now majority-owned (99%) by Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC). Omnicom is one of the largest holding companies for global advertising, marketing, digital and communications services firms. Their global revenue is over $15 billion, and they have more than 5,000 clients in over 100 countries.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States (+7)
    From €1,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Automotive (+2)
    Speaks English
    51-200 members
  • 5
    (1 review)

    ✔️ Hire Top Remote Software Developers

    Top awarded
    Dozens of US and UK tech-oriented companies trusted us and successfully established their remote software engineering teams with Echo. No AI matchmaking, no juniors pretending to be senior devs. Always quality over quantity!
    5 works in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Miami, United States (+4)
    From €10,000 for Innovation Consulting
    Worked in Construction (+8)
    Speaks English, Polish
    11-50 members
  • (0 review)

    Helping B2B companies to create momentum

    Fast-growing technology and services firms partner with JumpSeat to design, scale, and lead high-performing revenue generation teams.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • (0 review)

    Leading change. Cultivating changemakers.

    18 Coffees is a management consulting firm and a community of forward-thinking leaders building more ethical, inclusive, and effective organizations. We use our expertise in change management, strategy, and communications to help companies grow.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • (0 review)

    We have the experience to realize your ambitions. A goal-oriented, client-focused, and results-driven consulting firm.

    Our senior team brings the right mix of candor, humility, expertise, and insights to maximize results in the most efficient and least invasive
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • (0 review)

    When in doubt, use Aelias

    Aelias Consulting is a leading provider of business solutions powered by technology. We are dedicated to helping organizations and companies stay competitive and innovative in today's fast-paced and constantly evolving business landscape. We are dedicated to staying up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends, so we can provide you with the most advanced and effective solutions. We offer a wide range of services designed to help our clients succeed, some of which are Advisory, Cloud Services, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Software Development, Analytics and Support. Whether you need help with implementing industry practices, or you're looking for an end-to-end solution to transform your business, we have the expertise and resources to deliver results. But at Aelias Consulting, we believe that success is about more than just delivering results for our clients. We also prioritize the well-being and happiness of our employees. That's why we offer a range of benefits, including a 4-day work week and flexible work arrangements. Our team is made up of highly skilled professionals with a passion for technology and a track record of success. We pride ourselves on our ability to understand our clients' unique needs and goals, and we work closely with them to develop customized solutions that drive results. If you're looking to join a company that values both its clients and its employees, we encourage you to contact us to learn more about how we can help you succeed. Whether you're a small startup or a large corporation, we have the knowledge and expertise to help you reach your goals.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • (0 review)

    The Power BI Experts

    A full-service Power BI consulting and strategy firm that handles any enterprise needs around analytics, planning, and AI across the Microsoft data stack.
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
  • (0 review)

    We provide unique combinations of expertise in BI, Pharma and Design.

    Infozone Intelligence provides a unique combination of expertise in BI, Pharma and Design. Our commitment is complete customer satisfaction. Contact us!
    Looking for work in Innovation Consulting
    Located in Chicago, United States
    Budget on request
    Works in multiple industries
    Speaks English
    1-10 members
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Insights from Our Chicago Expert: The Innovation Consulting Scene

Chicago, a bustling hub for business and innovation, stands out not just for its impressive skyline but also for its thriving sector of Innovation Consulting. This city, rich in creativity and forward-thinking, hosts a vivacious array of innovation consulting agencies ready to propel businesses into future success.

Spotlight on Successful Collaborations

Client Partnerships and Achievements

Innovation consulting agencies in Chicago have facilitated transformative changes for various clients. From startups aspiring to disrupt traditional markets to established corporations seeking fresh perspectives, these partnerships have cultivated notable success stories. While the exact names cannot be disclosed, agencies here have worked with sectors as diverse as tech, health, retail, and finance, integrating innovative solutions that significantly drive growth and efficiency.

Awards and Recognitions

Local Innovation Triumphs

Chicago’s innovation consulting agencies are not only recognized locally but also on a national scale. Many agencies have been honored with awards for their groundbreaking work in introducing new products, services, and processes that advance their clients' competitive edge. These accolades reflect their commitment to excellence and their ability to deliver exceptional results.

Financial Planning for Innovation Consulting

Understanding Budget Implications

Budget considerations are crucial when engaging an innovation consulting agency. In Chicago, the pricing models vary significantly based on the project scope, duration, and the specific needs of a business. For those looking to introduce innovative strategies within their operations, here are a few budget-oriented tips:

  • Startup Ventures: Smaller ventures benefit from highly tailored services that address specific innovation needs without overspending. Initial consultations might range from $5,000 to $15,000.
  • Mid-Sized Businesses: These organizations usually require comprehensive innovation strategies involving multiple stakeholders. Projects might run between $20,000 and $100,000 depending on complexity.
  • Large Corporations: For extensive organizational change, budgets can exceed $100,000, ensuring that the innovation aligns with global business objectives and integrates seamlessly across all departments.

Aligning your financial expectations with the goals you wish to achieve through the collaboration is essential. Moreover, considering agencies that showcase a transparent pricing model can significantly aid in planning your expenses effectively.

Driving Business Forward with Chicago’s Innovators

Chicago continues to differentiate itself as a leader in the innovation sector, backed by its robust network of skilled consulting agencies. Regardless of whether you're steering a fledgling startup or managing a large-scale enterprise, Chicago’s innovation consulting firms offer the expertise and revolutionary insights to fulfill your strategic objectives. As a local expert for Sortlist in Chicago, I recommend exploring the diverse options available and leveraging this local expertise to chart a progressive path for your business.

Karim Saadoune
Written by Karim Saadoune Sortlist Expert in ChicagoLast updated on the 14-12-2024

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